BT shares location of 1.6 million traditional landlines due to be cut-off in UK shift to broadband phones

BT shares location of 1.6 million traditional landlines due to be cut-off in UK shift to broadband phones

BT-owned Openreach has announced the next batch of exchanges where traditional landline phone lines will be discontinued. It has earmarked 163 exchanges, impacting an unprecedented 1.6 million premises across the UK.This is the largest ever push in Openreach's nationwide transition to digital phone lines ahead of the January 31, 2027 deadline. The latter is 13 months later than originally planned, after Openreach was forced to delay its plans ov…